LJN Newsletters

  • Tools and Techniques for Defensibly Processing Electronic Data

    Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if the parties to litigation fail to take reasonable steps to assure that relevant, non-privileged data is produced to opposing parties in response to discovery requests, courts may impose sanctions and may instruct juries to draw an adverse inference. Consequently, parties to litigation must take special care to adhere to defensible standards and practices when processing electronic data, especially since the overwhelming majority of information generated by…

    November 27, 2012Jason Fliegel, Ashish Prasad and Todd Haley

  • CFTC Rulemaking Under Dodd-Frank Paused

    An immense wave of Dodd-Frank litigation will sweep the federal courts in the coming year, following two years of desultory rule-making by the relevant federal agencies.

    November 27, 2012James Ching

  • Race to File Shareholder Derivative Suits in Delaware Slowed by Judicial Roadblock

    In two recent opinions with wide-ranging practical implications for companies that are the target of shareholder derivative litigation, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Chancery Court issued a scathing critique of the plaintiffs bar's "first-to-file" mentality in derivative suits.

    November 27, 2012Daniel Perry and John M. Yarwood

  • R.I.P. Jay Jaffe

    With sadness, we at Law Journal Newsletters note the passing of Jay Jaffe on Nov. 21. He was a valued member of the Board of Editors Marketing the Law Firm and Internet Law & Strategy and a valued sounding board for the newsletters. He was truly a pioneer in legal marketing and social media. He will be dearly missed.

    November 27, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • R.I.P. Jay Jaffe

    With sadness, we at Law Journal Newsletters note the passing of Jay Jaffe on Nov. 21. He was a valued member of the Board of Editors of Marketing the Law Firm and Internet Law & Strategy and a valued sounding board for the newsletters. He was truly a pioneer in legal marketing and social media. He will be dearly missed.

    November 27, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Franchisor-Supplier Relationships

    It appears that many franchisors have no formal long-term or, for that matter, short-term agreements with their suppliers. Is this an unhealthy move by these franchisors?

    November 27, 2012Rupert M. Barkoff

  • Unintended Effects of a 'Belts and Suspenders' Approach

    Commercial landlords should carefully review what their tenants are requesting to be recorded against the landlords' fee interests in their properties, and ensure that such documentation is not so ambiguous or overly broad that it could have unintended consequences.

    November 27, 2012Marisa L. Byram

  • In the Courts

    A recent case about sentencing guidelines.

    November 26, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |